5 Must Haves For Any Rescue Diver | Dive Brief

[@simplyscuba]

*Shop the latest scuba gear* - www.simplyscuba.com/Latest-Gear/sssd1354.htm Are you a *rescue diver* ? If so what is essential to you? Let us know below!

[@RobertBoshaw]

Thanks for doing these videos. Canadian PADI rescue diver here. Rescue was a very challenging and rewarding course. I highly recommend it to everyone. I always dive with a pony bottle good to go. It's strapped to my main cylinder with a quick release, and I always show my buddies during pre-dive how to grab it if anyone needs it. Thankfully no one's had to use it yet.

[@ChristopherRantall]

I did my rescue diver years ago - This video was a good refresh, thanks Mark :) I like to carry three different style cutting devices in different locations on my body for the reasons included in your reasoning :) Cheers

[@fishonkayakadventure]

EVERY diver should have a SMB on EVERY dive. no exceptions. period.

[@YouTube_user3333]

I don’t agree. I dive regularly without an SMB because where I dive, a boat can’t go. Unless a boat captain wants to hit rock or a bridge pylon. It depends on where you dive. If it open ocean or channel, sure use one.

[@mako9324]

@@KZbin_user3333 what if you’re swept out to sea, it’s a small piece of gear that could save your life

[@YouTube_user3333]

@@mako9324 swept out to sea? For starters now just using your imagination to dream up a scenario. I’m very experienced in the ocean, lakes and channel areas. I’ve never been swept anywhere I didn’t want to go. Risk management is part of diving. Plenty of divers have been hit or killed because they relied on an SMB. They didn’t pause and listen for boat traffic. Swept out to sea is an assumption, as you have not seen the dive site.

[@darkburnstar9269]

Evolving from Rec to Tec was the best thing thus far in my diving journey. I’m currently enrolled in my Rescue certification planned for Oct. 2021. Love the Hollis M4, same mask I use 💯. BTW someone in the comment section stated that long hose configuration won’t work with a specific BCD. Totally false IMO, they must not know about DIR.

[@noctvs9216]

Not rescue diver related, but someone needs to let you know your beard game is on point 👌

[@Musiknird]

In a huge fan of scissors! A line cutter, scissors and a squeeze lock knife on the bcd, or a combines knife and scissors. I realised I use the scissors way more than a knife. I'm personally a fan of longhose and to be frank I think it should be standard. It's so much more convenient. I also have my SPG over my shoulder in a short hose connected to my D-ring. Makes it easier to just throw an glimpse on the SPG and you get more streamlined. I absolutely allergic and hate seeing the SPG and the octo dangling and dragging on divers so they destroys corals or at much greater risk of becoming entangled.

[@YouTube_user3333]

Never rely on an SMB to Mark your position and keep you safe. Plenty of boats will see it appear and come close to see what it is. Also after deployment, hold your breath for a moment and listen for boat traffic before surfacing. Never rely on boats staying away from you because you’ve got a surface marker.

[@mikeb2847]

Maybe a dumb question… but does an underwater whistle work as well out of the water? (Never used one hence the newbie question)

[@ChristopherRantall]

#AskMark Please help me to understand why some mask lenses are designed for protection against sun rays. The time on the water pre and post dive is "usually" not that long. When I go scuba diving I go "under the water" usually face down away from the sun. What am I missing?

[@tedreitsma478]

Good video. I also like your shirt :)

[@leborde]

You forgot to list the emotional support bolt snap!

[@rivelinophillip3074]

Why don't we use second stage to give air?

[@ChristopherRantall]

Good question Rivelino Phillip :) In a real situation if someone has an out of air situation the main priority for them is to breath again. For several reasons it may be better for the primary second stage to be used to donate to their out of air buddy. It's possible no matter how little or much experience a diver has they may panic to get air to breath again - and snatch the primary reg from their buddies mouth. If the out of air diver is not panicked it can be quicker and more efficient to get the primary reg; 1. easier to locate and get 2. it is working (the secondary reg usually doesn't get used as often), 3. even though the secondary reg is usually within the "triangle", in a rushed situation the extra second to locate it can be a long time 4. the buddy should have been breathing and be able to hold their breath while retrieving their secondary reg. These are my thoughts on this and hope it helps you :) Cheers

[@mako9324]

The snorkel idea is good on paper, but the practical application would be horrendous. It would be better for the victim just to focus on hauling them to the boat.

[@fishonkayakadventure]

if you dont provide rescue breaths, then you are just recovering a corpse. FIRST and FOREMOST you must provide a viable lifeline via cpr to the victim. good luck swimming in the ocean with current and waves and a victim in tow.

[@mako9324]

@@fishonkayakadventure respectfully, I’m not sure what you’ve been taught, but my Dan training teaches the victim has enough oxygen in their blood that you can relocate them to a safe place then perform cpr. But at the same time a persons likely hood of survival decreases by 10% for every minute cpr isn’t administered so it’s a trade off

[@ChristopherRantall]

@@mako9324 Plus to perform CPR a stable / firm platform is needed; compressing the chest on water is a waist of time. If you can give rescue breaths - do it. Trent, I believe your correct in saying about the "trade off" - a very hard decision to make at the time, to get them to qualified medical people as quick as possible, yet alive at the same time possible slower by giving breaths. The rescue dive course is full on; just "one" of the things I got from this course is every situation can be different and getting the victim back to the shore / boat is very important whether they can be revived or not. A situation I never want to be in... Cheers

[@ianc583]

I have not long took my Rescue diver course, in the training you where taught that if you are more than 5min swim away from the shore give two breaths of air to the person in trouble do not bother with anymore rescue breaths. Swim to shore as quick as possible with the diver in tow and do CPR on land and carry on giving rescue breaths until emergency services attend.

[@robdahler9682]

A long hose will not fit every configuration. 2.10m with a standard BCD will not work.

[@amazingtazz9779]

I don’t get your point. Why does It work with One BCD, but Not with the other? Doesn’t make any sense to me. Can you explain please!?

[@robdahler9682]

@@amazingtazz9779 there is a good chance that the long hose will get stuck behind something if it is not stored properly. you do that behind your canister light or knife. which is attached to the hip belt. This is not possible with a standard bcd. that's why it doesn't work.

[@TAlyn7]

#askmark - please address this point for clarification of other divers

[@LarsDennert]

@@robdahler9682 Use a 5 foot instead. Long enough to swim side by side comfortably but basically just loops under your arm.

[@tedreitsma478]

I dive sidemount most of the time now. For both sidemount and for my long hose on a single tank, I wrap it around my neck for the most part. You can I guess use thick rubber bands or buggies to fasten it to your single cylinder instead. The drawback of this is that once deployed out, you cannot put it back (at least without a dive partner who understands how to do this).